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STEM CELLS(R) The Journal Retracts Paper on Human Embryonic Stem Cells

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statement of the editorial retraction at
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Andrews, almost every year since 1888. DURHAM , N. Civin.

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Harper's vision, Templeton Foundation Press, the
publications arm of the Foundation, applied for and received a grant to
create and manage a Gifford lectures Web site.shtml.

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org, will be
formally launched by Templeton Foundation Press during the Edinburgh Book
Festival on August 15, 2005."

The Web site opens to the public on August 15 with the complete text of 48
of the 208 volumes that have currently resulted from the Gifford lectures;
one -third of the summaries of those 208 books; and almost half of the
biographies of the 212 lecturers ."
Taken in the context of the Seoul investigation, which found that
deliberate fraud was committed by some of these same authors in two papers
published in the journal SCIENCE, the editors conclude that this paper
strained scientific credibility. The editors requested an investigation by
MizMedi Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, where the research was conducted and
from which the original manuscript was submitted.

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The site will contain a comprehensive record
of the highly regarded Gifford Lectures .

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Although more may be learned in the course of additional investigations,
the STEM CELLS senior editors decided to editorially retract the paper by Kim,
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Among the renowned lecturers are
William James, John Dewey, Albert Schweitzer, Karl Barth, and Stanley Jaki. With today's
technology, the work resulting from these lectures could be made available
to a global audience. Civin, editor-in-chief
of the peer-reviewed scientific journal STEM CELLS(R), published last December
an "Expression of Concern" about an article that was discovered to contain
questionable, and possibly fraudulent, information.

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Some of the world's foremost thinking
in natural theology is now available in an easily accessible repository.

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The Gifford Lectures


The conception of a Web site archiving the content of The Gifford Lectures
originated one year ago with Charles L., D.giffordlectures . Civin.

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"The lectures can be searched
through keywords identified
across the volumes, making it possible to see how various authors have
differed in their thinking and how viewpoints on natural theology have
risen and evolved over the years.
See: STEM CELLS "Expression of Concern" by Curt I.

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Under the direction of Larry Pullen,
Gifford Lectures project manager, 160 additional books will be scanned and
added to the site over the next couple of years, bringing it up to the most
current lectures.

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"This Web site is designed
to make the entire collection of books resulting from Gifford lectures
available in one location," explains Joanna Hill, Executive Director and
Publisher of Templeton Foundation Press.

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The Gifford Lectures, established by bequest of the jurist Adam Lord
Gifford (1820-1887), have been delivered at the Universities of Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Aberdeen , and St. The
lectures were established to address questions related to natural theology,
i. They
have been given by scholars, writers, and scientists with diverse
perspectives and intellectual interests.

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Harper Jr. "The field of natural theology
has benefited greatly from the scholarly stature of the Gifford lectures,"
he noted. No such investigation
occurred, now further thwarted by ongoing investigations by the South Korean
Prosecutor's office.StemCells.com
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Fax: +919-680-4411

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, understanding God by light of reason rather than revelation. "The Scottish universities have been exemplary stewards for Lord
Gifford, hosting a broad cross-section of scholars from such fields as
religion, philosophy, physics, and history, and contributing to the
advancement of philosophical and theological thought. The
Gifford Lectures Web site also contains a biography of Adam Lord Gifford, a
copy of his will bequeathing money to each of the four major Scottish
universities to hold the lectures, a brief description of natural theology,
an introduction to each of the four universities, and news about upcoming
Gifford-related events. "We cannot conceive of learning anything further that would convince
us, with any degree of confidence , to maintain the paper's data and
interpretations in the scientific literature as presumptively authentic ," says
Dr.
In the twenty-four year history of this international, peer-reviewed
scientific journal, this is the first editorial retraction by STEM CELLS. Civin, M.

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PRESS RELEASE Prestigious Scholarly Lecture Material Available for First Time Through Searchable Database in Electronic Format

e., Senior Vice
President of the John Templeton Foundation. The Journal's editors
herewith formally retract this paper entitled, "Effects of Type IV Collagen
and Laminin on the Cryopreservation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells,"
co-authored by Sun Jong Kim and eight other South Korean researchers,
originally published in 2004 (STEM CELLS 2004;22:950-961).D.alphamedpress.Murphy@StemCells.

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The Web site will contain the full
text of most of these books, some of which have long been out of print. "In
particular , the multiple internally duplicated photomicrographs that appeared
in the STEM CELLS publication and those that were also duplicated in other
papers from some of the same authors are, at best, a graphic indication of
unacceptable scientific record keeping and reporting; or, at worst,
fraudulent .

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The Gifford Lectures online database, www.

To date, there have been 212 Gifford lectures; 208 books based on those
lectures were subsequently published. Murphy, Executive Editor
Email: Martin.

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While all the material on the site is free of charge, measures are in place
to safeguard intellectual property, working with the permission of the
original publisher.org. Curt I.

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The plan is to continually update the site with the
addition of all publications that result from future Gifford lectures.org/misc/editors.

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FROM: STEM CELLS(R), published by AlphaMed Press, Durham, North Carolina
CONTACT: Dr.

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The Journal's senior editors have assessed information derived during a
scientific inquiry of fraud conducted by Seoul National University, among
other institutions, and have concluded that the paper in question does not
"rise to a reasonable standard of credibility," according to Dr.

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